KNAUTIA macedonica 'Mars Midget'
(NOT-ee-ah) (mass-eh-DON-ih-kah) | KNAUMM3 |
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| Description: A profusion of brilliant ruby-red flowers June until frost on compact, dwarf plants. Attractive to butterflies; good for cutting. |
| Zone: 5 |
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KNAUTIA macedonica 'Mars Midget'
(NOT-ee-ah)(mass-eh-DON-ih-kah) | KNAUMM5 |
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| Description: A profusion of brilliant ruby-red flowers June until frost on compact, dwarf plants. Attractive to butterflies. Good for cutting. |
| Zone: 5 |
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KNIPHOFIA caulescens
(nee-FOF-ee-a) (kaw-LES-enz) | KNIPCA3 |
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| Common Name: Regal Red Hot Poker |
| Description: 2010 Plant Select®. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Gorgeous, blue-green rosettes of foliage are garden worthy in their own right. By late summer the clump is crowned with glowing crimson, golden, and ivory torches that create a focal point in the border or xeriscape. Needs well-drained soil throughout winter. |
| Zone: 5 |
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KNIPHOFIA uvaria 'Flamenco'
(nee-FOF-ee-a)(oo-VAH-ree-a) | KNIPFL5 |
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| Common Name: Red Hot Poker, Tritoma, Torch Lily |
| Description: Beautiful 8", early flowering spikes of creamy-white, orange-yellow and red. Excellent cut flower. |
| Zone: 5 |
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KNIPHOFIA uvaria 'Flamenco'
(nee-FOF-ee-a) (oo-VAH-ree-a) | KNIPFL3 |
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| Common Name: Tritoma, Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily |
| Description: Beautiful, 8", early flowering spikes of creamy-white, orange-yellow, and red. Excellent cut flower. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LATHYRUS latifolius Mix
(LATH-er-us) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-us) | LATHMI3 |
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| Common Name: Sweet Pea |
| Description: Assorted colors for ground cover; trailing 6-9' once established. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Hidcote'
(lav-AN-dew-lah)(an-gus-tih-FOE-lee-ah) | HBLAHI5 |
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| Common Name: Lavender |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Choice, compact plant; deep, blue-purple flowers. Excellent landscape plant. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Munstead'
(lav-AN-dew-lah)(an-gus-tih-FOE-lee-ah) | HBLAMS5 |
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| Common Name: Lavender |
| Description: Attractive, fragrant, gray-green foliage with large abundant flowers. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM 'Alaska'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCAL3 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Large, showy, single, white flowers in summer. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM 'Alaska'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCAL5 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Large, showy, single, white flowers in summer. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM 'Becky'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCBE5 |
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| Description: 2003 PPA Plant of the Year! Long-lasting, large, 2 1/2-3", single, white daisies with stout stems from mid to late summer. Excellent cut. Very heat tolerant; exceptionally long-lived plants. Vegetatively propagated. Named for Becky Steward of Decatur, GA. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM Sweet Daisy™ Birdy
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCSD5 |
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| Common Name: Daisy |
| Description: 2021 AAS Winner. This leucanthemum is a robust perennial with long lasting white flowers with a yellow disc. Blooms last spring until fall. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM x 'Exhibition'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCEX5 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Semi-double, white flowers on strong stems that bloom over a long period of time. Great cut flower. Good in sun to part shade. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM x superbum 'Snowcap'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) (soo-PER-bum) | LEUCSC3 |
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| Description: Large, white flowers with a yellow eye above compact, dark green foliage. Deadheading will extend the already long bloomtime. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM x superbum 'Snowcap'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCSC5 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Large, white flowers with a yellow eye above compact, dark green foliage. Deadheading will extend the already long bloom time. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LIATRIS aspera
(lee-AT-tris) (ASS-per-ah) | LIATAS3 |
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| Common Name: Rough Blazing Star |
| Description: Broadly rounded, pink flower heads with curled margins. Enjoys sandy soil and dry, open spaces. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS ligulistylis
(lee-AT-tris) (lig-yew-lis-STY-lis) | LIATLI3 |
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| Common Name: Large-headed Liatris |
| Description: 2017 GreatPlants™ Perennial of the Year. Outstanding, Great Plains native. Large, purple florets on long spike with terminal flower being the largest. Blooms July to September. An Eastern South Dakota ecotype. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LIATRIS punctata
(lee-AT-tris) (punk-TA-ta) | LIATPU3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Numerous, pink flower stalks mid-late summer. Native to dry soils of the Western prairies. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS pycnostachya
(lee-AT-tris) (pik-no-STAK-ee-a) | LIATPY3 |
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| Common Name: Thickspike Gayfeather |
| Description: Rosy-purple flower spikes on 3-4' stalks; fine cut flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS pycnostachya 'Eureka'
(lee-AT-tris) (pik-no-STAK-ee-a) | LIATEU3 |
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| Common Name: Button Snakeroot |
| Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release! Outstanding native of Great Plains wet prairies. Bred and selected by Dr. Sotero Salac and kept going by Dr. William Gustafson, both of UNL. Breath-taking in the garden and vibrantly vivacious as a florist's crop. Produces a 1'+ dense spike crowded with reddish-purple, long lasting flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATSP3 |
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| Common Name: Spiked Gayfefather |
| Description: Early blooming native; lavender flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Alba'
(lee-AT-tris) | LIATAL5 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: White flowered Gayfeather. Early blooming native. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Alba'
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATAL3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: White flowered Gayfeather. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Floristan Violett'
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATFV3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Violet-purple spikes, excellent for cutting. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Kobold'
(lee-AT-tris) | LIATKO5 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Deep purple flowering dwarf. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Kobold'
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATKO3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Deep purple flowering dwarf. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIGULARIA dentata 'Othello'
(lig-yew-LAR-ee-ah) (den-TAY-tah) | LIGUOT8 |
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| Common Name: Leopard Plant |
| Description: Orange flowers; red-purple foliage. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LIGULARIA dentata 'Pandora' PPAF
(lig-yew-LAR-ee-ah) | LIGUPA8 |
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| Common Name: Leopard Plant |
| Description: Shiny, dark purple foliage with yellow-orange flowers on a dwarf, compact plant in summer. Photo compliments Rijnbeek & Son.
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| Zone: 4 |
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LIGULARIA stenocephala 'The Rocket'
(lig-yew-LAR-ee-ah) (sten-oh-SEF-ah-lah) | LIGUTR8 |
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| Common Name: Leopard Plant |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Stately yellow spikes; handsome, jagged foliage. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LILIUM Aurelian Hybrids
(LIL-ee-um) | LILIAH5 |
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| Common Name: (Lily) |
| Description: Spectacular colors and color patterns in these fragrant hybrids between Lilium longiflorum (Trumpet Lily) and Lilium henryi. Colors include shades of pink, orange, lavender, yellow, pumpkin and white. Stunning every summer in our Hillside Border garden. |
| Zone: 4 |
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